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On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 5:29 PM, Jay Pipes <jaypi...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey Stackers, > > I'd like to continue serving on the Technical Committee, and I'm asking for > your votes in the upcoming elections. > > Here's my ask of you, dear voter: > > #1. > > Please do NOT vote for me just because you may recognize my name being > around the OpenStack community for a long time. Being a long-time member of > something does not make me any more able to offer creative solutions to our > problems than someone who's been in our community for a year or so. > > #2. > > Please do NOT vote for me just because I'm currently on the Technical > Committee and have served on the TC in the past. There is no "carry-over" > power that someone that has served on the TC in the past brings with them to > bear on future TCs. Ideas and a person's ability to debate the issues fairly > and concisely are what determines the effectiveness of a TC member, not the > length of time they have served on the TC. > > #3. > > Please do NOT vote for me because you think I am (often unduly) outspoken or > critical about certain particular issues that you find dear. Even if you > hate XML as much as I do or would love to see API extensions die in a fire, > you shouldn't vote for me just because you happen to agree with me on those > particulars. The TC is not about squabbling and religious wars. It's about > BIG ideas and listening to the viewpoints of others and seeing how the > OpenStack contributor ecosystem can be shaped by those ideas in meaningful > ways. > > #4. > > Please DO vote for me because you think I will fairly consider the > viewpoints of the other TC members -- whomever they happen to be. > > #5. > > Please DO vote for me because you think I will be diligent in gathering the > feedback of our disparate and excellent contributor teams, and critically, > use that feedback to make our OpenStack community better for us all. > > #6. > > Please DO vote for me if you believe I will be an advocate for OpenStack's > contributor community in the broader open source ecosystem, and continue to > further the ideals of our four Opens [1]. > > Thanks much, > -jay > > [1] https://wiki.openstack.org/wiki/Open > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev -- Elizabeth Krumbach Joseph || Lyz || pleia2 __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev